IN OTHER NEWS …

The Best and Most Controversial Nativity Designs [The Guardian] True story: when I was growing up in a small Midwestern town, a local family put up a nativity scene with the characters from “The Flintstones,” which some people found disrespectful, and a huge controversy blew up, complete with picket signs and death threats. Try explaining that one to someone not from America.

Shaw Bike Lane Pushed Back to 2018 [WAMU] When the city says they’re “choosing between three possible options,” they don’t mention that one of the options is to not build the bike lane at all. “Churches vs. bicyclists” is going to be the most DC rivalry of 2017.